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I think everyone on this thread pretty much knows what they're talking about in their theory's (whoa, that doesn't happen often!), but when it comes to any particular band, everyone has their own opinion.
The way I see it, if you look at a band like Green Day, alot of people said they sold out when they came out with their album Warning because it had a softer more popish sound than the others.But if you listen to the album, it's obvious that most of the songs were not written to appeal to a majority. If you listen to a song like "Misery", you can clearly see that it wasn't written to obtain pop success, and as much as you don't like the new album, they didnt write it to please everyone.
On the other hand, look at a band like Our Lady Peace. From Naveed to Spiritual Machines, their albums changed and experimented alot. But when their hit "Life" made it big in the U.S., they ended up writting a whole album of inspirational pop songs. No more interesting photography for album covers, just them looking like fucking Lifehouse or something. Raine Maida started wearing blue contacts and wearing a jacket like Bono's. Now they're all covering Beatles tunes ( horribly might I add) and making themselves out to be the moral and political shit.
Now that, in my opinion, is selling out.
No wonder Mike Turner left after Spiritual Machines...
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